My Wife is 6 Months Pregnant — and I Just Lost My Job

Considering all the craziness Emily and I have endured while trying to have a child, it’s only been fitting that, in the midst of what has been her most successful pregnancy to date, a global pandemic would break out.

And now, that pandemic has claimed one more piece of collateral damage:

My job.

Here, I discuss what happened, my current emotional state (hint: it’s not so good), and the lesson I’ve learned from this experience that I hope to one day teach our child: